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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
15
A historical notice explains free want ads and paid advertising rules for The Washington Post. It lists office hours, cutoffs, and approved drop-off points across Northwest and other city sections, naming pharmacies and stations for submitting ads and payment details.
A dense, fragmentary page offers numerous classified ads for employment. Mentions include help wanted in writing and shorthand, sales positions, clerical work, barbers, tailor and upholstery trades, and factory roles. Many listings request references, age and experience, with addresses and contact cues scattered throughout.
A dense wartime style help wanted page listing nonunion pressmen and general laborers, maids, cooks, chambermaids, waitresses, laundresses, and nurses. Includes notes on locations in New York City and Washington area addresses, with references and wages. Also mentions private family positions, hotel staff, and a few miscellaneous jobs and notices.
Remnants of a period classified page showing requests and offers for used typewriters furniture dolls pets and household goods. Listings mention Remington or Underwood machines Cow care watches bicycles piano parts and rental ideas. Addresses chiefly in Northwest Washington and Anacostia with prices and conditions noted.
A jumble of miscellaneous sale notices including a Biowa-Good Cook stove cheap at Defrees Street NW, a brown wig, millinery doors, barber chairs, druggist fixtures, a hand printing press, a pawn ticket for a solitaire diamond ring, a 22 foot sailboat, bedroom suites, a horse carriage in Vienna Virginia, a Parker hammerless shotgun, a stove heater, an automobile runabout, a shoemaker’s bench, yard swing seats, camera, a coiled wire springs set, a baby carriage, a large baby carriage, a gas range with four burners and a large oven.
Numerous barter notices list guitars, violins, mandolins, a Morris chair, a bed and iron springs, desks, a roll top desk, a parlor couch, a wardrobe, an oak cradle, a folding bed, a law chair, and other household goods offered for rugs, furniture, instruments, or writing desks. Also included are livestock, a few horses, bicycles, a camera, a gun, and miscellaneous tools. Addresses and contact lines appear in scattered form.
A cluttered early 20th century classifieds page offers a wide array of used items for sale or trade. Listings include a brass bed, spung, tailored suit, bedstead, paper cutting machine, violins, a Jersey cow, youth tuxedos, a high-grade bicycle, a piano, shell lorgnette, pistol, baby carriage, typewriter, and many household items. Several exchanges request trades for bicycles, furniture, or tools, with buyers seeking cash offers or swaps. Also listed are feed, real estate, and miscellaneous services.
Classified exchange notices list items for trade including clothing, instruments, furniture, and appliances. Found items describe good skirts, an umbrella, piano, beds, trunks, and more. Numerous lost items appear with locations like New York Avenue and 18th Street, rewards offered for returns.
A dense string of lost and found notices from a Washington DC newspaper classified page. It lists items such as a diamond ring, a ladies silver watch, a girls bicycle, a watch, a mantel clock, a pawn ticket, a dog and a variety of job ads. Details include locations like 7th Street NW and 6th Street NW and contact notes for return after description and proof of ownership.
A jumble of classified ads seeks workers and staff in Washington. Listings include office helpers, stenographers, bookkeepers and secretaries, plus cooks, chambermaids, companions, governesses, and cleaners. Several ads specify colored workers, teen applicants, and references, with contact addresses and box numbers. Some entries advertise night work, stays, and domestic service in private homes and hotels.
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